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NIOSH Docket Number 104:

Horse Racing Industry

 

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced the opportunity for the public to provide input regarding issues related to safety and health in the horse racing industry and best practices. These comments may help to shape proposed future activities by NIOSH. The public meeting was held on May 22, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.

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Pre-meeting Information
Notice of public meeting; 72 FR 20551; 04/25/07 (1 page, 466kb)
Letter to The Honorable Michael Leavitt (US Department of Health and Human Services) from Whitfield and Stupak (Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, US House of Representatives) – 11/3/05 (4 pages, 127kb)
Letter to The Honorable Ed Whitfield (Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, US House of Representatives) from Leavitt (The Secretary of Health and Human Services) – 1/25/06 (4 pages, 105kb)
Letter to The Honorable Ed Whitfield (Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, US House of Representatives) from Leavitt (The Secretary of Health and Human Services) – 1/25/06 (2 pages, 46kb)
Letter to The Honorable Bart Stupak (Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, US House of Representatives) from Leavitt (The Secretary of Health and Human Services) – 1/25/06 (2 pages, 47kb)
Meeting Information
Agenda for meeting – 05/22/07 (2 pages, 354kb)
Attendees of Public Meeting Safety and Health in the Horse Racing Industry and Best Practices – 05/22/07 (1 page, 190kb)
Presentation by Seftel (Bay Meadows and Golden Gate Fields Racecourses, CA) – 05/22/07 (51 pages, 13,110kb)
Text for Seftel presentation (Bay Meadows and Golden Gate Fields Racecourses-CA) - 5/22/07 (9 pages, 2,300kb)
Presentation by Bahno (AIG Consultants, Inc.) – 05/22/07 (1 pages, 2,930kb)
Presentation by Farberow (University of Pennsylvania) – 05/22/07 (1 pages, 2,800kb)
Presentation by Hornung (University of Louisville) – 05/22/07 (20 pages, 4,540kb)

Presentation by Opacich (University of Illinois at Rockford) – 05/22/07 (31 pages, 9,360kb)

Post-Meeting Information
Submission to the docket from private person – 04/25/07 (1 page, 217kb)
Transcripts of the Meeting Safety and Health in the Horse Racing Industry – 05/22/07 (257 pages, 797kb)
Submission to the docket from private person – 5/24/07 (3 pages, 385kb)
Submission to the docket from private person – 06/05/07 (1 page, 286kb)
Submission to the docket from Bulik (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) – 06/12/07 (3 pages, 845kb)
Submission to the docket from Opacich (University of Illinois at Rockford) – 06/12/07 (11 pages, 2,890kb)
Submission to the docket from McCann (The Center to Protect Workers’ Rights) – 06/18/07 (13 pages, 3,580kb)
Submission to the docket from private person– 06/22/07 (2 pages, 455kb)
Submission to the docket from Scherf (Thoroughbred Racing Associations of North America, Inc.) – 06/22/07 (6 pages, 1,690kb)

 

The NIOSH Docket